Are serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentrations related to brain structure and psychopathology in late childhood and early adolescence?
Celia Maria de AraujoWalter SwardfagerAndre ZugmanHugo Cogo-MoreiraSintia I BelangeroVanessa K OtaLeticia M SpindolaHakon HakonarsonRenata PellegrinoAry GadelhaGiovanni A SalumPedro M PanRodrigo B MansurMarcelo HoexterFelipe PiconJoão R SatoElisa BrietzkeRodrigo Grassi-OliveiraLuis A P RohdeEuripedes C MiguelRodrigo A BressanAndrea P JackowskiPublished in: CNS spectrums (2019)
No evidence was found to support serum BDNF concentrations as a useful marker of developmental differences in brain and behavior in early life. Negative findings were replicated in 2 of the largest independent samples investigated to date.